Declaration for Independence

A Call to Transform Health and Long Term Services for Seniors and People with Disabilities



What We’re Reading: May 1, 2017

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Can Aging be Reversed | The Huffington Post What would that be like in our world if a new paradigm existed for aging?  A paradigm that actually gives practical tools towards reversing the common road our bodies walk as we get older. We see all around us that to age is to decline. The baby [...]

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What We’re Reading: April 24, 2017

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“All of this grief” – Prince Harry Opens up about Mental health, mother’s death |The Miami Herald In a recent interview and Podcast, Prince Harry opens up about how he is still dealing with the grief from the death of his mother Princess Diana, and how he has only recently begun therapy to address his [...]

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What We’re Reading: April 17, 2017

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10 Smart Ways to Make a Home Safer for Your Aging Parents | Reader’s Digest Just under six percent of American households are multi-generational, with three or more generations living together under one roof. And as the U.S. population ages (there are almost 50 million people aged 65 and over in this country), that number [...]

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What We’re Reading: April 3, 2017

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In 2017 Individuals with ID/DD (Still) Want Their Natural Freedom Thirty years after President Reagan first declared March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, how far have we come in ensuring the human and civil rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), and how far do we still have to go? In recognition of [...]

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What We’re Reading: March 20, 2017

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Why is job opportunity still lagging for people with disabilities? ICYMI there was a nice segment on PBS NewsHour on employment and disability. The study they cited suggested that employment discrimination remains, and there is much work to be done. We hope segments like this will help change attitudes, and we think they can. New [...]

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What We’re Reading: Feb 20, 2017

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Valentine’s Day: I [HEART] the ACA and Medicaid On Valentine’s Day, many disability groups are sending love letters to the ACA and Medicaid as a means of showing support for the legislation. An aging global population and its economic implications Nations will have to make many changes or face slower economic growth and increased social [...]

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What We’re Reading: Feb. 1, 2016

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Governing Magazine: Can Technology Help Prevent Drug Overdoses? The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has begun using analytics – basically software algorithms – to sift through sets of data to spot patterns and to devise an early warning system about hotspots in the state where possible overdoses and deaths might occur. Using data in [...]

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Employment: Labor Secretary Perez, Govs. Markell and Daugaard Promote Employment First

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Posted Aug. 6, 2015 | U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez is partnering with governors across the political spectrum to urge their peers and state governments to adopt Employment First policy. Secretary Perez, Governor Jack Markell (D-DE) and Governor Dennis Daugaard (R-SD) penned a letter encouraging all states to focus on the alignment of policies, [...]

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New Resources on Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay for Direct Care Workers

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Posted Oct. 30, 2014 | Leaders of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) recently met with officials from the U.S. Department of Labor to discuss the Fair Labor Standards Act regulation as it applies to home care workers, including their recent enforcement delay (see October 13 In Brief) and state action to comply with the rule in their [...]

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Labor Department Seeks Nominations for WIOA Advisory Committee

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Posted Sep. 16, 2014 | The Department of Labor is seeking nominations for the Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities, created by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The purpose of the committee is to study and prepare findings, conclusions and recommendations for the secretary of Labor on (1) ways to [...]

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